Biography

I received my M.Sc. degree in computer science and information engineering from Chung-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2001, and my Ph.D. degree in electrical and control engineering from National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2007, respectively.

I have served as a research fellow in Image & Pervasive Access Lab (French National Research Center, CNRS UMI 2955) and School of Computing, National University of Singapore, (2008-2010). During my Ph.D. preparation I was invited to serve as a visiting student scholar in University California, Berkeley, (2005-2006). I have several years experience of project management, system analysis, and development in various world-class software and hardware companies, including Altek Co. Ltd, the biggest of digital still camera assemblers in worldwide (2007-2008), and International Business Machines (IBM), Taiwan-Hsinchu Office (1996-1999).

I have published more than 20 technical papers in journals and conferences, and have been awarded a US patent and co-owned an EU copyright patent. The National Science Council, Taiwan, also has awarded me a potential young researcher scholarship in 2005.

I have joined some major international research projects, including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer II (AMS-02) Project, which was led by a professor of MIT, Samuel C. C. Ting, the winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics. I have served as an assistant coordinator in the initialization of the sub-project "AMS-02 Crew Operations Post (ACOP)", in National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, in 2004. I have served as an research fellow in another project named MMedWeb, which is a Singaporean-French joint collaboration. I also learned the experience of international collaborative research activities from these projects.

My current research interests include cognitive science, bio-inspired information system, soft computing, intelligent robotic and sensing technology, and embedded system. I am also interesting in wireless communication, global positioning system (GPS), graphical processing unit (GPU) programming, digital signal processing (DSP), and field programmable gate array design (FPGA), and parallel processing on GPUs, DSPs, and FPGAs.

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Academical Activities

1. 2005 served as a web co-chair in 9th IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and Their Applications (CNNA2005), and supported the proceeding publication.

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Experiences

1. 2008.07-2010.07 Image & Pervasive Access Lab (IPAL, French National Research Center, CNRS UMI 2955) and School of Computing (SoC), National University of Singapore (NUS)
   I joined IPAL and SoC, NUS to serve as a research fellow, under the MMedWeb Project. The main tasks were biomedical image processing based on bio-inspired visual information processing and system development and analysis. I was focusing on the study of computational cognitive neuroscience of the visual systems and their applications on the clinical medical supporting systems. The research results have published in several technical reports on various conferences and journals.
2. 2007.07-2008.06 Altek Co. Ltd. (µØ´¹¬ì§Þ), Taiwan.
   Altek Co. Ltd, Taiwan
   Project Deputy Manager, Software Team in DSC Design. The tasks included:
   1. Research and development for GPS IC and algorithms.
   2. Research and development for wireless communication system.
   I was focusing on the development of advance technologies for digitized still cameras, included algorithms and their implementations on embedded systems like FPGAs and DSPs. During this period, I filed a US patent for a new method for software-based GPS acquisition, which was approved on 07-02-2009.
   
3. 2005.07-2006.02 University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
   I was invited by Prof. Leon O. Chua, Nonlinear Electronics Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA, to serve as a visiting student scholar, under the grant from National Science Council, Taiwan. I focused on researching bio?inspired computer system for intelligent image processing. The result has been published in various conferences and journals, included IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-Part I.
4. 2003.02-2003.07 China University of Technology (¤¤°ê¬ì§Þ¤j¾Ç), Taiwan.
   Lecturer for semesters in Dept. Information Management.
5. 1996.09-1999.07 IBM-Taiwan Hsinchu Office (IBM ¥xÆW·s¦Ë¿ì¤½«Ç), Tung-I Co. Ltd. (ªF©y¬ì§Þ), Taiwan.
   Full-time Engineer. The tasks included:
   Co-worked with IBM-Hsinchu Office for the services of information integration for the customers in the area of Hsinchu Science Park, including TSMC Fab No.7 and No.8, MXIC Fab No.2, Hotek, HannStar, Toshiba TFT-LCD in Japan, PSC. The main task was the development of a CAD/CAM system for IC Wafer Foundry, including production data management and equipments/robots control.

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Educations

1. 2007 Ph.D., Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University (°ê¥ß¥æ³q¤j¾Ç, ¹q¾÷»P±±¨î¤uµ{¬ã¨s©Ò³Õ¤h¯Z), Taiwan.
   My Ph.D. degree was advised by Prof. Chin-Teng Lin, IEEE Fellow. During the preparation of the Ph.D. degree, I was focusing on the research of human visual system, in the dissertation, I proposed ¡§Bionic computer visual system,¡¨ which is a simulation of the major functions of the human retina. These research results have been published in several technical reports include conferences and journals. In 4th year of my Ph.D. preparation, National Science Council, Taiwan, awarded me a potential young researcher scholarship. In the same year, I was invited to serve as a visiting student scholar in University California, Berkeley.
2. 2001 M.Sc., Computer Science and Information Engineering, from Chung-Hua University (¤¤µØ¤j¾Ç, ¸ê°T¤uµ{¬ã¨s©ÒºÓ¤h¯Z), Taiwan.
   My master degree was advised by Prof. Daw-Tung Lin. During the preparation of the master degree, I was focusing on the research of human-computer interface. In the thesis, I proposed "Fast silhouette-based hand gesture feature extraction algorithm." This research result has been published in proceedings of 2001 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo.
3. 1994 B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Chang-Kuo Jounior College («Ø°ê¤u·~±M¬ì¾Ç®Õ, ¤­¦~¨î¹q¾÷¬ì), Taiwan, 1994
   During the period of the college, I was studying the power and control system.

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